Firstly, a particular context is essential for seeking the meanings, experiences, and social interaction connecting with water, people, and place. The areas of study must thus provide unique or remarkable circumstances: physical settings, livelihoods, experiences, social actions, political issues, and whatever background that relates to water in the place in which people live. Pok and Pang Jum Pee Villages provided these circumstances. These two small villages are located in the Huay Kaew Sub District, Mae-on District, Chiang Mai Province, Thailand, both being connected to the same stream named the ‘Mae Lai Noi’ (see Map 1 Page 194 and Map 3 Page 197 both in Appendix A). This stream meanders about 20 kilometres from Pok Village on the upper reaches of the stream to Pang Jum Pee Village downstream.